Let me reply to your post
1. The 22 volt monitor, monitors the 24 volt supply voltage to the hybrids and as long as it is on the supply voltage is OK. If the LED is not on then the supply voltage has dropped below 22 volts which is an immediate visual indication that you have a problem;
2. The latest generation on hybrids have a 2-2.5 db noise figure which when added to the loss of the diplexer, test point and matching network will give you a real noise figure of 5 db. The actual measured noise figure of production units of the INET is 4.5 db. I think you will find that the newest generation of amps as they are released will have a much lower noise figure that the 8 or 9 you refer to in your post;
3. Sorry we need to educate our graphic artists a little better and spend proof more time proof reading, THANKS;
4. Thanks again;
5. The spec output of 44 is for the trunk which is an increas of 3 dBmv over he original SA product. The bridger output is 52 dBmv which again is a 3 dB increase over the original SA product. The INET is a modern amplifier designed to drop into a older (SA Slimline) platform and increase the bandwidth, output and reliability.
The Cable industry is full of examples of small companies doing better than the big boys. The can do this because they are smaller and can react faster to new developments that a large established companies. A good example of this from your own county is the fact that Lindsey and BENCO introduced the first push-pull amplifiers well in advance of GI, and a year before SA, Kaiser and Vikoa. A small company RDC in Oklahoma City introduced the broadband down converter for satellite feeds two years before SA rushed to catch up. In fact when they introduced it they were laughed at and ridiculed by SA and Hughes and then a year latter Hughes introduced their version and SA followed a year after that.
